Animal Ordering, Per Diem, & Other Charges

How to Order Animals
Animal Vendors and
  Deliveries
Download Animal Order
  Forms
Importing/Exporting
  Animals to Other Institutions
Per Diem Charges
Billing for DLAM Services
Bar Coded Cage Cards

Small Animals (includes mice, rats, hamsters and guinea pigs)

  • Charles River Labs delivers most animals from its Raleigh facility via truck on Wednesdays. Occasionally animals are air-shipped from its other facilities throughout the U.S.

  • Harlan trucks most of its animals from its Indianapolis, IN, Madison, WI or Dublin VA facilities to UNC on Tuesdays.

  • Hilltop delivers its animals via truck on Wednesdays from its Scottsdale, PA facility.

  • Jackson Laboratories air ships its animals to Albany, NY from its Bar Harbor ME location, then drives them via truck to UNC for a Thursday delivery only.

  • Taconic trucks its animals from its Germantown, NY facility for a Tuesday delivery.

  • Zivic-Miller delivers its animals via truck on Tuesdays from its Zelienople PA location.

Rabbits

  • Robinson Services ships its animals from its Winston-Salem, NC facility via van on Tuesdays

  • Covance from Denver, PA and Myrtle's Rabbitry from Thompson Station TN are used occasionally for rabbits.

Deliveries for the following species are arranged as needed.

Cats:

  • Harlan

  • Liberty Research, Waverly, NY

Dogs:

Ferrets:

  • Marshall Farms, New Rose, NY

Pigs/Sheep:

  • Hill’s Hog Farm (local vendor)

  • North Carolina State University

  • Billy Dail Farms

  • Robinson Services